New Stoppard Play

Guild Hall will present National Theatre Live’s recorded performance of  “The Hard Problem” on Saturday at 7 p.m. The play is the latest by Tom Stoppard, the author of acclaimed plays and screenplays such as “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead ”and “Shakespeare in Love.”

The action takes place at an institute for brain science, where Hillary wins a research position. She believes in God and that science cannot fully explain consciousness. Her opinions are mocked by Spike, her mentor and occasional lover; her boss, and other colleagues.

According to Susannah Clapp, a critic for The Guardian, “The ‘hard problem’ of the title is the problem of consciousness. Where is it? What is it? Crucially, is the mind the same as the brain? The joy of the play . . . is that it brings this problem to the stage and poses it crisply.”

Tickets are $18, $16 for members.

On Monday at 12:30 p.m., Ruth Appelhof, executive director of Guild Hall, will lead a discussion around selected works in the current artist-members exhibition. Admission is free, and refreshments will be served.